Roshina Ratnam

Being a State Surrogate is the luckiest job in the world... *** If you're a fan of The Handmaid's Tale you'll enjoy this snippet of a dystopian future with a twist in the tale. Get it now.

Set in Rhodesia 1976, this coming-of-age story delivers twisted romantic adventure. Overnight, 16-year-old Sandra Robertson finds herself alone in a hostile land where her education is terminated. Friends rally and send her to live with her grandmother. A true survivor with ambition, Sandy has little experience but manages to secure work. Hotel employment not only provides food and accommodation, but it also happens to provide education of a different...

JT Lawrence is back with more short stories that are creepier than ever. You won't be able to get these deliciously twisted tales out of your head... Grab them while they're hot and sticky. *** This collection includes: Tears of a Dead Man A man tries to convince his doctor that he is dead. The Shelter Would you take the noose around your neck if it meant saving everyone you knew? The Children in the Walls The storm tried to keep her out; she should...

Welcome to the lesser-known country of The Kingdom of Moldavia, known for its overgrown jungles, giant pineapples, venomous bronze-fanged adders, and the finest butterfly silk in the world. It's home to tigers so ferocious and so vain that the only way to survive an attack is to dangle your pocket mirror in front of their trembling fish-gut whiskers. It's a place where firebugs will put on a pyrotechnic show for you and, while you are watching, the...

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-size, JT Lawrence doesn't disappoint with this brand-new collection of unsettling short stories. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Roald Dahl, these stories are guaranteed to get under your skin. This collection includes these stories: "An Eye for an Eye" "Little Sparrow" "Drive This Way for Death" "The Lucky Sickness" "Slashpurse" "The Generation of Lost Girls" If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian...

It'll take more than a lie to keep Kirsten safe. *** A creative assassin. A hit list hidden in a Doomsday seed vault. A woman with an unusual gift who has to untangle the conspiracy … before it kills her. Kirsten is desperate for a baby, but when she digs into her mother's past she discovers a shocking betrayal that derails her life. Will she uncover the mystery before the hitman finds her? Why You Were Taken is the first book in the When Tomorrow...

The last thing I remember is Lorin's scream as my roadster smashes into the guardrails and flips into the air. There was Lorin's terrible wail, and then being silently airborne. Then there was nothing. Later, some bright lights shone through-hospital ceilings I guess-and doctors' terse commands. I piece together the clues I overhear. The crash, the rocks, the fire. Agony like I've never experienced before burns my every organ and bone. Pipes and palpations....

Junichuro Matsumato is a handsome 42-year-old man: dark-haired, wealthy, and devastated. He stares forlornly at the small glass buddha statue illuminated by the blue LED light behind it. There are thousands of the buddhas behind the glowing panes of glass, five hundred per wall. For easy identification, the light behind his wife's buddha glows a different hue as he swipes his card to enter. He doesn't need to be shown where his wife's glass box...

We pulled into a makeshift parking lot in the middle of a huge herd of sheep. There were two or three cars, but not a cave or another person in sight. We watched the sheep for a while, not sure what to do, when we saw people walk past us, making their way up the hill. That's when we realized that we would be working hard for our little bit of fertility magic: We had to hike to get to the cave. I don't know what I was expecting. Perhaps something...

The priest turned his back on the old man so he wouldn't notice if his fingers shook while pouring. He would have poured himself a drink before the impromptu meeting, to steady his nerves, but he knew he'd be driving that night, so he had reluctantly abstained. When he sat down, a sigh escaped the priest's lips. "I assume you know why I asked to see you," said the bishop, his long wiry eyebrows knitting in an accusing way. His raptorial eyes were...